St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-11

ing are the principal changes In chair
manships of the senate committees:
Palmer, agriculture and forestry; Hale
census; Chase, civil service and retrench
ment; Frye, commerce; Quay, expenses of
the several branches of the civil service;
Farwell, expenditures of public money;
Stockbridge, fisheries; Paddock, improve
ment of the Mississippi river; Hawley. mill
tary affairs; Stewart mines and mills;
Teller, patents; Mitchell, transportation
routes to the seaboard; Wilson, of Iowa. on
revision of the laws; Aldrich, rules; Plat,
territories; Stanford, public buildings and
grounds; Sabin. railroads; HiscOck, OH
centennial of the constitution and the dis
covery OF America; Chandler Indian traders;
Davis, pensions; Sawyer, postoffies and post
roads.
THE CHANGES.
The following are the changes in the
principal committees: Farwell takes
MahOne'S place on appropriations.
Sawyer, Cullom and Palmer fill the
vacancies on the commerce committee
made by the retirement of Mcmillan,
Miller and Conger. Riddleberger and
Farwell take places Oh the District of
Columbia committee, vice Palmer and
Cheney. Hiscock takes Miller'S place
on the finance committee. DOlph takes
HarrisOn'S place on the committee on
foreign relations. Plat and Stock
bridge are substituted for Ingalls, and
Harrison on the committee on Indian
affairs. The judiciary committee is re-
duced in number from ten to nine by
the retirement of Mcmillan, whose
place is not filled. Stewart and Davis
take the places of Sewell and Harrison
on the committee ON military affairs.
Chandler takes Dawes place on the COM
mittee on naval affairs. Bowen. Mitchell
and Quay take the places of COnger,
Wilson and Malone on the committee on
pOstoffices and post roads. Paddock
takes Van Wyck's place OH the commit
tee on public lands. Frye retires from
the committee on rules, giving place to
Aldrich. Stewart and Davis take places
on the committees on territories, to fill
vacancies made by the retirement of
Harrison and COnger and the promotion
of Platt to craftsmanship. The select
committee on interstate commerce is
made standing committee, with nine
members, of which CullOm is chairman.
The Democrats receive eight minor
chairmanShipS, being an increase of one
over the last congress. The list has
been rendered to Mr.. Beck, chairman of
the Democratic caucus, who has called
a Democratic caucus for Monday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
THE FULL LIST.
The following is full list of the Re-
publican membership of the senate COM
mittees, as arranged by the caucus:
Agriculture and Foresty-Palmer. Blair,
Plumb, Sabin, Haddock. Appropriation
Allison. Dawes Plumb, Hale, Farwell. Con-
tingent Xpenses-JOnes, Nevada; and Pad
docks. Census--Hale, Morrill,, Wilson of
Iowa; Stockbridge, Davis. District of Col
umbia-Ingalls, Spooner, Chase, Riddle
berger, Farwell. Education and Labor
Blair, Bowen, Palmer, Sawyer, Wilson. En-
crossed Bills-DemOcratic chairman, Allison.
Enrolled Bills-Bowen, Sabin. Civil
Service and Entrenchment Chace,
Dawes, Henderson, Stanford, Stewart.
Claims-Spooner, Hoar, Mitchell, Stewart,
Quay. Coast Def enses-Dolph, Cameron,
Hawley, Hiscock. Commerce-Frye, Jones,
Palmer, Epidemic Diseases-Democratic
chairman, Stanford, Chandler, Stockbridge
To examine the several branches of the civil
service-Quay, Aldrich, Allison. Expendi-
Sherman, Frye. Finance-Morrill. sherman,
Jones, of Nevada, Allison, Aldrich, HiscOck.
Fisheries-Stockbridge, Dawes Stanford.
Foreign Relations = Sherman, Edmunds,
sippi River Paddock, Chandler, Farwell.
Hawley. Indian Affairs-Dawes Bowen.
Sabin, Plat, Stockbridge. Judiciary-Ed-
munds. Ingalls,, Hoar, Wilson, Evarts. Lii
brary-Evarts, IIOar. Manufactures-Riddl
berger, sabin, Quay. Military Affairs1Haw-
Mines and Mining = Stewart. Jones,
of Nevada; Mitchell, Teller. Ma
val Affairs-Cameron, Hale, Riddleber-
Blair, SAWYER, Paddock. Quay. Postoffces
and Post ROads-Sawyer, Chace, Bowen,
Mitchell, Quay. Printing-Manderson, Haw-
ley. Private Land Claims-Democratic
and Electi0ns-HOar, Frye, Teller, Evarts,
Spooner. Public Buildings and Grounds
Stanford. Morrill,, SpOoner, Quay. Public
Lands-Plumb, Blair, Dolph, Teller, Paddock.
Chandler, Stockbridge. Revision of the Laws
Wilson, of Iowa, Hale, Teller. Revolution
airy Claims-Democratic chairman, Chace,
Morrill,. Rules-Aldrich, sherman, ingalls,.
art, Davis. Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard-Mitchell,P Plumb, CullOm, Dawes,
Aldrich. To investigate the condition of the
Potomac front-Democratic chairman, Man
derson, Riddleberger, Spooner,, Mic
Hoar, Cameron. Woman Suffrage-Demc-
cratic chairman Blair. Palmer Chace, Bowen.
Additional Accommodation to the Library
Democratic chairman, Morrill,, Chandler:
Centennial of Constitution and Discovery of
Ameriea-Hiscock, Sherman, Hoar. Indian
Traders Chandler. Platt, Cullum.
The special committee on interstate
commerce has been made a standing
committee and its membership is in
creased. The Republican members are
as follows: CulloL., Platt, Blair, Will
son, Hiscock. Senator Hawley, who
relinquishes the craftsmanship of the
civil-service committee and takes that
of the committee on military affairs,
will he a member of the former, and his
name will probably be substituted for
that of Stewart, with the assent of the
latter.
Taking a Rest.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The fishery
negotiatOrS. after a few hours session,